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Foulness^¹

/faʊlˈnɛs/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛs

proper noun Foulness Island

An island on the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.
A civil parish (served by Foulness Island Parish Council) in Rochford district, Essex.

foulness^²

/ˈfaʊəl.nəs/ UK
/ˈfaʊl̩.nəs/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English foulnesse, foulnes, from Old English fūlnes (“foulness”), equivalent to foul + -ness. Compare Dutch vuilnis (“rubbish; garbage; trash”).

noun foulnesses

countable, uncountable The state of being foul.

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@misc{foulness_2026,
  title = {foulness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foulness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}